Chui Yan Sect
Jade mist and celestial dance. Founded by women—and for women—in an age of chaos.
During the Tang, when the realm was unstable and the people faced disaster, many banded together into alliances. Among them was Chui Yan—founded by dancing women who refused to be defenceless. While the great sects drifted and wavered, Chui Yan had no noble name in society; what it had was cunning and skill. Martial artists flocked to join. Two in particular—Liu Jing and Liu Shang, brother and sister—were gifted in the martial arts and turned Chui Yan into one of the most famous sects of their generation. They refined its teachings into a single signature discipline: dance.
Not long after, Liu Jing died. Liu Shang was betrayed by the man she loved. In her fury she expelled every male disciple from the sect and decreed that Chui Yan would accept only women from that day on. The order has kept that law ever since.
Exile and grudges
When war broke out again under the Tang, the major sects grew afraid of Chui Yan’s cleverness and rising power. They found a way to drive the sect into exile—to the remote western region. The leader at the time, Chai Xing’er, never forgot. She bore a deep grudge against the sects that had exiled them and the court that had looked down on them. Chui Yan regards the Five Poisons and the Ming as demon sects and will not ally with them; the Tang Clan and Kun Lun have been arrogant from the start, and relations remain strained. In the martial world, Chui Yan has few friends—and the sect has learned to be wary at every turn.
The Dance Discipline
Chui Yan passes down a single art: dance—deadly, deceptive, and taught only to women.
Dance
Martial arts forged from the art of dance—fluid, deceptive, and lethal. Disciples move like celestial maidens; their grace conceals strikes that can bring down the unprepared. What the Jianghu sees as beauty is technique: distance, timing, and misdirection sharpened into a blade.
Your Path in the Jianghu
Chui Yan accepts only female disciples. If you walk the path of dance, you carry the legacy of women who refused to be victims—and the caution of those who were exiled for being too clever. Master the arts of the western peaks, then leave your mark on the season before the cycle turns.